How to Install Goshorly on OpenBSD

Goshorly is a lightweight, command-line URL shortener written in Go. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install goshorly on OpenBSD.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, you will need:

  • A machine running OpenBSD
  • An internet connection
  • Basic knowledge of the command line

Installation

  1. Open a terminal window on your OpenBSD machine.

  2. Install git by running the following command:

    sudo pkg_add git

  3. Clone the goshorly repository from the git server by running the following command:

    git clone https://gitea.hackmi.ch/Phil/goshorly.git

  4. Change into the goshorly directory:

    cd goshorly

  5. Build the goshorly binary by running the following command:

    export GOPATH=$HOME/go
export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin
go build -o goshorly cmd/goshorly/main.go

    This will build the binary in the current directory.

  6. Test the binary by running the following command:

    ./goshorly --help

    If it prints out the help section, it means that the binary was built successfully.

  7. Optional: If you want to install goshorly system-wide, you can move the binary to the /usr/local/bin directory:

    sudo mv goshorly /usr/local/bin

Congratulations! You have successfully installed goshorly on OpenBSD.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we learned how to install goshorly on OpenBSD. Goshorly is a simple, yet powerful URL shortener that can be used to shorten URLs for sharing on social media, email, and other platforms.